Pan-support.



No. 852,223. PATENTED APR. 30, 1907.

R, P. COOK.

PAN SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1906,

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RAY PRESTON COOK, OF HASTINGS, MICHIGAN.

PAN-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'Patentecl April 30, 1907.

Application filed uly 21, 1906. Serial No. 327,174.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, RAY PRESTON COOK, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Hastings, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Pan-Support, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improved means for supporting pans and the like while in use, preventing them from tilting or upsetting their contents, which is the source of much annoyance in the kitchen.

Generally stated, the invention consists of clamping jaws with suitable operating handles adapted to be applied to the pan handle and adjusted thereon, to bring a base plate carried by them in the same plane with the bottom of the pan, thereby forming a support for the handle slightly spaced from the pan, making it impossible to accidentally turn the pan over.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a frying pan with my improvement applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the pan support when detached from the pan; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, and Fig. t is a rear end elevation of the clamping jaws, showing them in full lines when contracted and in dotted lines expanded, to adjust to or remove from the pan handle.

The invention comprises a stout, stiff wire 1 bent at each side of its center to form eyes 2, leaving a short, transverse central portion. From the eyes 2, the ends of the wire 1 are extended parallel to each other and again bent into eyes 3 at substantially midway of their length in alinement with the eyes 2, and are formed at each end with eyes 4, by bending each end in a plane at right angles to the aforesaid eyes, as shown best in Fig. 4. A spring wire 5, somewhat lighter in construction than the other wire, is bent at each side of its center to embrace the eyes 4 preferably by wrapping the ends of the wire 5 two turns 6 through the eyes, after which the ends are bent upwardly, converging slightly toward each other and then bent in loops to form hook-like jaws 7. The upper ends of said jaws are extended at about an angle of 30 degrees, crossing each other and continued until they are directly opposite to the opposed jaw member when they are formed into U-shaped handles 8 lying parallel to the members of the wire 1. At the opposite end of the U shaped handles 8 the ends of the wire 5 are correspondingly bent downward, providing jaws 7 in alinement with, and identical to the jaws 7.

The ends of the wire 5, after forming the jaws 7 are wrapped two or more times about the parallel members of the wire 1 just in the rear of the eyes 3 through which they are passed, as also through the eyes 2. After they have been extended some distance beyond the eyes 2, they are curved downward at S or angularly bent as illustrated, provid ing downwardly extending members 9 arranged at such an angle to the parallel portions extending through the eyes 2 and 3 that when said members 9 are in vertical position, said portions will lie at an angle to the horizontal equal to the inclination of handles on standard frying pans. After the ends of the wire 5 have formed the members 9, they are bent diverge'ntly rearward a short dis tance, where they are connected by a sheet metal base 10 curled about at each end at 11 to embrace them.

It is obvious from the construction of the jaws 7 and 7- and the U-shaped handle members S that when the latter are pressed together the jaws will be forced apart, adapting them to be passed over a handle as of a frying pan, and clamped thereto in adjusted relation. This adjustment is made by seating the pan on a flat surface, as a stove top, and carrying the device to an inward position until the base plate 10 also contacts with said surface. By then releasing the handles 8, the support will be clamped in position, and it will be impossible to accidentally tilt or turn the pan over by striking the handle.

Having thus described my invention I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In a pan support, a wire bent to form a plurality of alining eyes, a second wire bent to pass through said eyes and provide cl amping jaws with extending U-shaped handle members, and a base plate joined to the end of said second wire, for the purpose described.

2. A pan support comprising two wire members and a base plate, one of said wires being bent to form a series of alining eyes, name to this specification in the presence of the other of said Wires passing through said two subscribing Witnesses. eyes and being bent to provide spring clamping jaws with handle members for operating RAY PRESTON COOK 5 them and connected to said base plate at its Witnesses:

outer ends. ROBERT W. 000K,

In testimony whereof I have signed my ELLA C. HEooX. 

